Christmas gift ideas

We are now offering gift vouchers for our cupcake decorating workshops with afternoon tea; a lovely gift for friends or family this Christmas.

What's included I here you ask?

♥ Cupcake decorating workshop with vintage afternoon tea:

♥ Cupcake decorating - You will decorate 9 cupcakes, chocolate and vanilla. You will learn to pipe luscious buttercream swirls, use glace icing and then make your own sugar designs to decorate your cupcakes with. There will also be an abundance of sprinkles, glitter and pre cut sugar designs available for you to use. You will then be free to take those cakes away with you at the end of the workshop to share or eat all to yourself!

♥ Afternoon tea - You will be served steaming pots of tea, dainty finger sandwiches (a choice of 3 fillings, can be discussed on booking), scones with clotted cream and homemade, organic jam and slices of Victoria sponge, all of which are served on elegant vintage china. You are also more than welcome to provide your own bubbly as we will supply the vintage teacups for you to sip it from.

♥ Duration of workshop - 3 hours at a time that suits you.

♥ Price per head £35.00 for 2-4 people (£30.00 for 5+ people)

♥ Location - Derbyshire

Whether it's a treat for yourself, a friend or family member we can guarantee that you will be thoroughly spoilt!

To order your voucher all you need to do is email us. We will then sort out suitable dates for you.

❄ Christmas Cakes

❄ To order please contact us. You have a choice of 4 lovely designs; take your pick!


Blue snowflakes with purple edible glitter
£9.00

Christmas trees with peacock edible glitter
£9.00

Holly with red edible glitter
£9.00

Pink snowflakes with silver edible glitter
£14.00

Hen party ideas

Cupcake decorating with a vintage afternoon tea is a very lovely and might I add very civilised way to spend your hen party. This group of ladies organised their hen do in record time but it all went very well indeed! The champagne was flowing, one of the ladies even brought her homemade Elderflower champers along for everyone to enjoy. There was lots of tea and cakes piled up on pretty vintage cake stands. The room looked gorgeous and then the icing sugar and edible glitter were opened and every where was covered! If you don't get covered in buttercream and icing sugar whilst doing this workshop then you haven't worked hard enough quite frankly!

I held this particular workshop at a beautiful place called New Farm, it is owned and run by Chris who is a top chef. It is a unique barn conversion on the rural border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire. They offer exclusive private dining and also provide external catering to stately homes and other venues.





I had such a nice day teaching these ladies and I must say they produced some amazing designs; none of them have ever done it before either so I was very impressed! I ran a little competition for the best decorated cupcakes and you can see the winner pictured here. They won a little teacup and saucer candle from Kate Aspen Uk.


The winner of my little competition

The hen, Lauren is getting married in November and I hope she has a wonderful day! she has lots of really lovely friends to share it with.

Congratulations Lauren, all the best for your wedding day!

x


The finished cupcakes!

Vintage lovers!

As I attended the vintage wedding fair last Sunday I thought I would share with all you vintage lovers out there and possibly bride and grooms to be all of the amazing people I met and their fab vintageness!

First off its Amy from Honeypie Boutique; they sell beautiful 50's style wedding dresses, vintage dresses and more. Amy was wearing one of her pieces all day at the fair, she is pictured here. Next is the lovely Lynda from Vintage to Vogue sells all things vintage from shoes to jewellery, some really gorgeous peices, I did try some on but they didnt fit, boo hiss!

Sat next to us was the couple who own the Lovebug 67, a very cool 1967 VW Beetle. Another vehicle that is a must for a vintage wedding is a vintage camper van, have a nose at Dubtrips for more information.

Shoes are very important no matter what occasion you are planning for! I instantly spotted some from where my stall was positioned, these were from Mary Cooper Antique Costume and Textiles.

If you are looking for some interesting music for your vintage wedding then contact Matt Nickson.

Personalised bouquets are becoming very popular at vintage weddings these days, I got chatting to Gabrielle Louise with her amazing handmade bridal accessories.

Make up is so important for brides on their day, I came across Clare Lennon, who specialises in vintage make up and hair styles, she was demonstrating at the fair and the women looked truly amazing, makeup in the 40's and 50's was so delicate, I know that my gran looked amazing on her wedding day; so elegant, I miss her.

Last but certainly not least was the Marvellous Tea Dance Company, these lovely ladies were serving tea and cakes all day to us stall holders and the visitors, they serve everything in vintage china and they hold tea dances, just my kind of company!!!

Not forgetting Vintage and Cake for vintage china hire and yummy cakes... that's me by the way just in case you forgot!

x

Valentine's cupcakes and afternoon tea

Another little blog to share with you. The most romantic day of the year (well its supposed to be)is fast approaching and I would like to share with you examples of some Valentine's themed cupcakes. They look so lovely with the vintage china and as I always harp on about its such a lovely way to spend your afternoon with someone you think the world of! I think Valentine's should be for those you love in general, so friends, family and your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife!

All you need is love! x